Debris and confusion as Swissair Flight 111 crash probes continue
Relatives arrive at Peggy's Cove as searchers fail to locate flight data recorders and wreckage. Canadian divers, soldiers, and navy sonar teams chase clues while warning away curious boaters and journalists. Officials report no survivors and a grim body-count hovering around sixty.
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Nova Scotia
Swissair
Philippe Bruggisser
Sair Group
Geneva
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Glenn Chamberlain
Benoit Bouchard
Canadian Transportation Safety Board
Andre Geurtin
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
New York-to-Geneva
Europe
United States
Dusty Miller
Chamberlain
New York
Switzerland
Peggy’s Cove
Muriel Provost
Red Cross
Boxer's son among those killed in Swissair crash
New York AP reports Joe LaMotta, 49, son of former middleweight champion Jake LaMotta, was among 229 dead when a Swissair flight crashed off Nova Scotia. This followed the February death of his older brother Jake LaMotta Jr., 51, from cancer.
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Jake LaMotta
Nova Scotia
LaMotta
Joe LaMotta
LaMotta Foods Inc
Geneva
Jake LaMotta Jr
Robert DeNiro
Martin Scorsese
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